Are you an alcoholic? A drug addict. Are you frustrated, struggling or having problems due to the alcohol and/or rugs in your life? Are alcohol, cocaine, pot or pills messing up your family, your work, your everyday life?
Do you wonder what you can do or where you can go to find help? One place you can go to is the resource directory on this website. Because once you find help you will improve your life
You should know that you can get clean and sober. You need to focus on your sobriety first, try to avoid things that distract you from getting sober because when you do focus on your sobriety, other things in your life will straighten out.
Getting sober is not easy. It takes time but if you have patience and take it “one day at a time” – you can succeed and become sober.
So take the first step in getting sober, use the resource guide on this site to get help. Look for Alcoholics Anonymous known as AA, or Narcotics Anonymous known as NA or Chemical Dependence Anonymous known as CDA. Any of these meetings can help you as you try to get sober. You can even set up meetings specific for your need, All Deaf or All Deaf-Blind or All Hard of Hearing, to help you learn and prevent you from using again and so that you improve your life by becoming sober.
Resources
For a list of resources, You can contact your insurance provider as well to get assistance in finding accessible services. Your insurance company can help to advocate for you to get appropriate services.
- Center for Hearing and Deaf Services – Ask where to find interpreted AA meetings with the interpreting department
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism – Learn facts and figures about alcohol
- SAMSHA – Find drug and alcohol treatment options in your area
- Alcoholics Anonymous – Find a group of men and women in your area who share their experiences , struggles and hopes as they recover from alcohol
- PA Al-Anon – Find a group meeting for friends and loved ones of alcoholics
- Deaf off Drugs and Alcohol – Deaf off Drugs and Alcohol (DODA) is a grant-funded project to improve alcohol and drug treatment services for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. By Wright State University.
If you live in Western Pennsylvania and you are looking for a counselor or therapist, the following list is a list of local counselors:
Resource Guide of Behavioral Heath Providers brochure
Interpreted AA meeting in Pittsburgh
Amberson AA is on Saturdays @ 11:00am
Church of the Ascension
4729 Ellsworth Ave, OAKLAND
Use N Neville St entrance
Parking available across Neville St
OAKLAND